Chapter 410

Chapter 410: The Gathering

A fan for two thousand Forged Coins; a regular merchant from another country would surely think Kirmin is crazy.

But, in this city where mechanical creatures are banned, selling it for two thousand is very normal.

"Thank you for your patronage!"

Kirmin received the Forged Coin and suddenly her face lit up with joy.

"I say, little girl, in Pande, this is against the law." The merchant looked deeply at Kirmin, "Aren’t you afraid of getting caught for breaking the law?"

"If I was afraid of breaking the law, how could I be a merchant?" Kirmin replied, saying that what she sold was just regular machinery, and she felt no guilt at all.

She was breaking the law, but she was not breaking any morals.

"Well said." The merchant looked amazed.

After leaving the inn, Kirmin drove her little donkey cart and began heading to the next hotel.

In just half a day, her earnings were already quite considerable.

However, the merchant was partly right; Kirmin was indeed taking a big risk.

This time she was not alone; she was with a team.

A person’s strength is limited, so Karoso specifically let Kirmin take a year off from school, allowing her to train a group of apprentices.

These apprentices are now wildly selling goods in cities like Long River City, all of which are mechanical products, cheap and practical.

The current buyers are outside adventurers and merchants, as they are used to mechanical creations and are not very adaptable to Pande.

Kirmin is sure to make a fortune from this.

As for the deeper reasons behind it, Kirmin did not think about them; she just followed Karoso’s words to make money.

……

The focus returns to Karoso.

Now Karoso is quietly watching the lifeless Tom.

"Why, why is this happening to me? Is my luck really this bad?" Tom grabbed his hair.

"Well, you are pretty lucky, it’s just that I am very lucky." 『』 felt a bit embarrassed.

"Sigh…" Tom sighed and stood up, "Alright, I’ve lost everything, what do you want me to do?"

"Good!"

"You really helped us out."

"Well done, little girl."

"Looking at the magic waves, she shouldn’t be a little girl, right?"

"She will always be a young lady."

"Let’s follow our team first." 『』 smiled as she put away a pile of treasures.

They haven’t done much yet, but it seems there is already a certain economic base in this dungeon.

"Well, let’s leave the city first," said Karoso.

Soon, the three of them left Babington with a sad Tom.

They had just left when Anduin went to the tavern to start recruiting heroes.

He heard one thing about playing cards, but he didn’t take it seriously.

Clearly, he was following the king’s way to conquer the dungeon.

Because of this, he and Karoso and the others perfectly missed each other.

Outside Babington, there was a regular road and a forest.

The city was backed by a magic-restricting cliff, and near the city, there was a river that flowed into it, making things very convenient.

Moreover, the city’s terrain was easy to defend but hard to attack.

Many workers were at that time strengthening the city walls and building arrow towers to ensure that the attacking side would suffer more losses.

Outside the city, there were many people—some setting up tents, others making simple wooden houses. Clearly, they were looking for jobs or hoping to catch some benefits, and it could not be ruled out that there were spies from other forces.

This thing could recruit people endlessly, and Gabriel was very confident, showing the defensive works openly to the enemy.

『』 leaned close to Karoso and whispered, "How did you get here? Why didn’t you come with us earlier? How much do you know about the other information?"

"Dungeon mechanism issue, I was in the Lord of Eternity’s camp," Karoso replied.

Tom followed behind the three from a distance, blinking his eyes.

Teresa also leaned close to Karoso and whispered, "Lord of Eternity’s base? Is it full of crazy cultists and strange people?"

"Heh, the only ones that can be counted as people there are heroes and vampires," Karoso shook his head helplessly.

"Huh? Is the Church of the Lord of Eternity like that?" 『』 was stunned for a moment.

"The Church of the Lord of Eternity in our time is obviously not the Church of the Lord of Eternity of today. The followers of the Lord of Eternity in this era are all undead beings." Karoso rubbed his chin, "No wonder it’s called immortality… Is it really immortality if you break free from the chains of the body?"

"That’s not important." 『』 whispered, "What about the other information?"

"Each of us will be assigned to a church based on our abilities. If someone is an elf, they will join the Forest of Elves; if someone is a wizard, they will join the Church of the Wisdom God. It seems others have also scattered. Do you have a task now?" Karoso said.

"Yes, our task is to choose a force to join. What do you think about us joining the Lord of Eternity?" 『』 said, "This way we can be together."

"Absolutely not!" Karoso firmly rejected, "This dungeon has a hidden mechanism. You cannot join the Church of the Lord of Eternity or the Forest of Elves Church."

"What do you mean?" 『』 was taken aback.

"The beliefs in this dungeon are very important, and so are the races," Karoso said solemnly, "If you betray the human race, not only will the human race hunt you down, but you will also be suspected when trying to join another force."

"So, non-human forces will not accept you."

"Once the task ends, you will essentially have no faction, which means you will be deemed to have failed the mission and will be erased from this dungeon."

"Don’t doubt the power of the eighth-tier dungeon; it truly can wipe us out."

"There’s also this saying: the cost of betrayal in this era is too high, or maybe it’s just too difficult to betray?" Teresa said, a bit surprised.

"From the perspective of our time, it’s hard to understand the followers of this era," Karoso shook his head. "So if you don’t understand this system, you could end up suffering."

After all, a god who hasn’t spoken for three hundred years is very different from a god who is active on the continent; the faith of the followers is truly two different things.

In this era, once you enter the church, you are a fanatic, unlike the future where the church people claim to believe in the deities, but most are just looking out for themselves.

"I didn’t expect you to know so much about this part of history," 『』 remarked. "Historians find it hard to explain the events of this epoch; even someone like Merlin, who is so ancient, wasn’t born in this era; perhaps even she doesn’t know."

Karoso said this is the blood and tears history of players tackling this ‘instance’; he is just picking up what is already there…

"Let’s first find out who else came in," Teresa said. "We need to distinguish friend from foe."

"Hmm." Karoso nodded.

"I said, this area only has Babington as a human city. Well, the city where the Church of the Wise God is located is a city of wizards, which can be counted as a half-human city, but they only want wizards." Tom shouted from behind, "What do you want to do after leaving the city?"